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Meal families

Poultry

Duck dodine

Kind of meatloaf.
Boneless meat duck, rolled, stuffed, poached or braised, served with a red wine sauce mixed with mushrooms and thickened with meat glaze.

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Veal

Amourettes with morel mushrooms and potatoes

Amourettes : fritters of animals testicules.

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Main meals

Potée

Mixture of meat or sausage, vegetables and baked potatoes in broth cooked several hours in an earthenware pot.

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Cheeses

Parmigiano Reggiano vecchio

Italy. Emilia Romagna and Lombardy south.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from whole raw cow’s milk.
Ripening : 18 to 24 months.

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Sea fish

Herring with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

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Cheeses

Fuzzy wheel

United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw goat's and cow's milk with a natural rind.

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Cheeses

Estrella La Peral

Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 8 weeks.

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Sea fish

Red tuna carpaccio

Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.

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Veal

Veal grenadine with morels

Veal grenadine : Slice of meat cut from the tenderloin, prepared in the style of a tournedos.

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Desserts

Chocolate macarons

Macaron : cupcake made of two meringue-based biscuits with a cream or ganache filling in between.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Grilled prawns

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Shellfish and Seafood

Curry sautéed shrimp with spring vegetables

Spring vegetables : vegetables harvested before reaching full maturity.

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Shellfish and Seafood

Sautéed scallops

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Freshwater fish

Pike-perch with mousseline sauce

Mousseline sauce : hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.

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Main meals

Chicken tajine with lemon and olives

Tajine : stew of vegetables, fish or meat.

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Sauces

Cumberland sauce

United Kingdom.
Cumberland sauce : sauce made from Port wine sauce with redcurrant jelly, mustard, orange zest and spices.

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